Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's foil B explained

Event:Men's foil B
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates:14 September
Competitors:18
Nations:14
Gold:Hu Daoliang
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Laurent Francois
Silvernpc:FRA
Bronze:Pál Szekeres
Bronzenpc:HUN
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The men's foil B wheelchair fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 14 September at the Olympic Green Convention Center.[1]

The competition began with a preliminary stage where fencers were divided into three pools and played a round robin tournament.In this stage, the winner of a bout was the first person to score five hits or the person with the highest score at the end of four minutes.Next was a knock-out stage, where fencers competed in three three-minute bouts with a one-minute break between each.The winner was the first to reach fifteen hits, or the one with the highest score at the end of the last bout.In the event of a tie, another one-minute bout was held, with the winner being the first to score a hit.

The event was won by Hu Daoliang, representing .[2]

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints ITAFRAPOLJPNRUSBLR
154124:154:55:35:35:25:2
254124:185:44:55:35:25:4
353222:183:55:44:55:25:2
452318:233:53:55:42:55:4
552316:212:52:52:55:25:4
650516:252:54:52:54:54:5

Pool B

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints FRAPOLUKRUSAKUWGBR
155025:85:25:05:25:35:1
253221:152:55:15:25:24:5
353216:180:51:55:35:45:1
452317:192:52:53:55:45:0
551418:223:52:54:54:55:2
65149:241:55:41:50:52:5

Pool C

RankCompetitorMPWLPoints CHNHKGHUNUKRUSAKOR
155025:95:15:25:25:35:1
254121:111:55:35:25:15:0
353220:132:53:55:15:15:1
452315:202:52:51:55:15:4
551411:243:51:51:51:55:4
650510:251:50:51:54:54:5

Competition bracket

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080925143620/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/WF.shtml. Schedules and Results - Wheelchair fencing. 25 September 2008. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 5 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's foil B. 5 October 2012. International Paralympic Committee.